I've got a few bucket list hunts coming up this next year. I'm going to Turkey end of January to first of February to hunt Bezoer Ibex. I'm also headed to Azerbijian to hunt Dagestan Tur. Mid summer.
I'm up for any suggestions anybody has to offer for either hunt. My questions are as follows.
Turkey: I was supposed to go in December but my daughter decided to get married so I'm going later in the season probably won't be hunting until February. From those who have gone before is this still a good time to be hunting. I know it's past the rut and the mountains may have a lot of snow. The outfitter, Shikar Safaris says it's still good hunting and the Ibex move down. Personally I love mountain hunting but I'll accept hunting lower if there's as good of a chance at a good representative of the species.
Azerbijian: Going there with Mirbala Manafov. I've hunted with him once and he has a good reputation. We are going the the Sheki region. I'm not really sure what to expect. But after hunting Kyrgyzstan with Mirbala he got me excited to give it a shot.
For both hunts I'm wondering what everybody knows about the current landscape of traveling with a rifle. Is there any specific countries to avoid I'm curious about going through Moscow, Russia and possibly Amsterdam, Netherlands. Also maybe Paris France. I think if I need to I'll avoid anywhere but if these are ok in have so many miles on delta I can go delta one first class for free for both hunts.
I'm up for any suggestions anybody has to offer for either hunt. My questions are as follows.
Turkey: I was supposed to go in December but my daughter decided to get married so I'm going later in the season probably won't be hunting until February. From those who have gone before is this still a good time to be hunting. I know it's past the rut and the mountains may have a lot of snow. The outfitter, Shikar Safaris says it's still good hunting and the Ibex move down. Personally I love mountain hunting but I'll accept hunting lower if there's as good of a chance at a good representative of the species.
Azerbijian: Going there with Mirbala Manafov. I've hunted with him once and he has a good reputation. We are going the the Sheki region. I'm not really sure what to expect. But after hunting Kyrgyzstan with Mirbala he got me excited to give it a shot.
For both hunts I'm wondering what everybody knows about the current landscape of traveling with a rifle. Is there any specific countries to avoid I'm curious about going through Moscow, Russia and possibly Amsterdam, Netherlands. Also maybe Paris France. I think if I need to I'll avoid anywhere but if these are ok in have so many miles on delta I can go delta one first class for free for both hunts.
